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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: NMS-59474C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two post-medieval copper alloy hooked tags, both of Read 2008, early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class E,
- Type 1, very similar to no. 300 (a silver example), length and width 25.6 and 14mm.
- Type 3, similar to no. 418, but with a smaller extent of openwork, length and width 23.1 and 12.7mm.
16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th December 2015 - Monday 12th December 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61786
Other reference: SB022017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Oxborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7300
Four figure Latitude: 52.5703093
Four figure longitude: 0.55128601
1:25K map: TF7300
1:10K map: TF70SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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